Letters -- Published Jan. 21, 2014

I opened the Jan. 14 Record and saw your huge headline regarding Beyoncé and Michelle Obama and their "BFF" relationship bordering on a feminist revolution of sorts.

I opened the Jan. 14 Record and saw your huge headline regarding Beyoncé and Michelle Obama and their "BFF" relationship bordering on a feminist revolution of sorts.

Old news - females are doing just fine, while an American citizen, Pastor Saeed, continues to sit in one of the worst prisons in Iran, and not one American newspaper chooses to print his story. He has a wife and two children who live here in America, and his wife has asked our government to please intercede on his behalf, and this was before our recent agreement with Iran.

Why is Beyoncé's relationship with Mrs. Obama more important than an American citizen being held in one of the worst prisons in Iran only because he is a Christian? Is this yet another way that the media is only reporting what "they" find important?

So why aren't we doing something to release him? Because he is a Christian? Shame on us! Has our country become so God-hate-filled that we will not even help an American citizen being held, tortured and denied medical attention based only on his religious beliefs?

Betsy Wilkins

Linden

Thank you and Happy New Year to two wonderful Stockton doctors: Dr. John F. Blinn II and Dr. Surrinder S. Raina.

I, and many others, received another year of splendid care and concern from these special, dedicated men.

My family and I are so grateful and truly wish them a great 2014.

Elda Canevari

Stockton

Why are we letting a man lead our nation down the road to ruin, when the ones that are most capable of stopping him are strangely silent? That would be our free press.

If President Barack Obama had been vetted in the beginning, then maybe the people who voted for him would have been a lot fewer.

He is not held accountable for any of his many failures - fast and furious, Benghazi, NSA, Syria, the IRS and others.

This is the most corrupt administration to ever hold office in this country.

The Democratic Party has done more damage to our country than al-Qaida will ever be able to do.